James heistey mccabe



(Model.)

'J. H McOABE.

CART-RIDGE IMPLEMENT.

Patent ed Mar.

. PTO/295.265.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

llniTeio STATES PATENT @rrrea.

JAMES HENRY MCCABE, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

CARTRIDGE IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,265, dated March18, 1884.

Application filed September 28, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. McOnBn, of Jacksonville, in the county ofDuval and State of Florida, have invented a new and ImprovedCartridge-Reloading Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to improve cartridge-reloading tools, ashereinafter described, and'pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. I

Figure l is a perspective view of the'tool opened, and with the cap ofthe rammer re moved to show the parts in detail. Fig. 2 is a section ofthe tool and a cartridge, showing the crimper and creaser. Fig. 3 is adetail in plan view, showing the crimping device. Fig.

4 is a side elevation of the tool, illustrating the recapping device'Fig. 5 is partly a side elevation and partly a section, showing thecap-expeller. Fig. 6 is a detail in horizontal section, showing thecreaser; and Fig. 7 is a section of a cartridge and part of the rammer,showing the operation of the latter.

The rod A, with the cap a screwed on the end of it, is the rammer forramming the wads a in the cartridges 0. This rammer-rod has a flattenedring-section, a, near the other end, through which a hole is made largeenough for the barrel or tube of the shell to be inserted in said hole.Beyond the hole, and on one side of the end portion, said rod has checksd, by which it is pivoted to one end of a lever, B, which has a circulardie-block, 1), formed on or attached to one side in such relation to rodA that when the latter and the lever are closed together like thehandles of a bulletmold or similar device, the ring portion a of rod Arests on said die-block. The die-block has an annular die-groove, b, inits face, coincident with the hole in ring a, and adapted to receive theopen end of the tube of theshcll 0 when inserted in the'hole of ring a.The bottom of this die-groove is tra ersed by one or more hardened steelpins, b inserted in holes bored radially in the dieblock, so that saidpins rise about half their diameter above the bottom of the groove tocrimp the open ends of the cartridgetubcs, as represented at c, Fig. 2,over the wads c, to retain them when the tubes are filled to the top, ornearly so, the crimping being done by inserting the open ends of thecartridges, pressing them on the crimping-pins, and at the same timeturning the cartridges by the hand. When the cartridges are only partlyfilled, and the wads will not be retainedbythecrimped edges-close downon the charges, the cartridge-tubes are to be creased, as represented atf, Fig. 2. For this purpose a creasingdever, a, is pivoted at a in aslot of the ring a,which lever has a creasing-bit, a on the inner edgeto be pressed against the side of the cartridge-tube when inserted inthe hole of ring a, and turned by hand against the creaser. When thecrease f is to be formed a greater distance from the end of the tubethan the die-block b will admit of when the tool is closed, the tool maybe opened and the tube may then be inserted as far as required. Aspring, a, keeps the creaser out of the way of inserting'the tubes.

In the center of the face of the die-block b there is a recappingbit, b,on which a cap, 9, inserted in the cavity of the head of the cap,preparatory to being secured in said cavity, will rest, when thecartridge 0 is inserted, in the hole of ring a from between the twomembers A and B, with the flz nge of the cartridgehead under ring a, asrepresented in Fig. 4, so that by pressing the tool together the capwill be expanded and secured in the cavity of the head of the cartridge.

Under the removable cap a of the end of the rammer there is a point, a,which, when the cap a is removed and the cartridge is on the rammer rod,will touch the inner end of the shell of the cap to be expelled. Alever, b, pivoted to the end of lever B, is then pressed down over thehead of the cartridge, forcing it down on the raminers, away from thecap, which is lefton the end of point a, which thereby expels the cap.The lever b has a notch, b over the cap, to avoid pressing on it whenpressing the cartridge down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the ring a and dieblock b, hinged together, thelatter having annular groove 1), and one or more pins, 6 arranged insaid groove, as described,whereby the cartridge may be crimped.

2. The combination, with the ring a, of the pelling point a incombination with the lc- 1o lever a, pivoted at 0, 11] a slot of thering, havver 1), jointed to lever B, and also having a ing the bit a onthe inner edge, and supported removable cap, a forming the end of theramat the rear by a spring, a, whereby the cariner-rod and protectingthe capexpelling tridge may be creased, as described. point,substantially as set forth.

3. In a cartridge-reloading tool consisting JAMES HENRY MCGABE. of therammer-rod A and lever B, jointed to- Witnesses: gether and arranged forholdingthe cartridges, G. V. MOADAMS, as described, the rod A having thecap -ex- S. L. McADAMs.

